As strange as it may seem, Believers are usually afraid to study this subject, leaving themselves ill-equipped to understand more than 250 verses in the Biblical Text and approximately 4o different gods and goddesses.Artemis = Is often called Diana the Roman name for Artemis as seen in Acts 19:27. Diana is pictured as being covered with breast from her shoulders to her feet. In other illustrations she is covered with breasts to the bottom of her abdomen, while her legs are covered with heads of animals. Diana was supposed to be the mother and nourisher of all creation. Some scholars have identified her with Semiramus, the wife of Nimrod and the Queen of Babylon from whom all licentiousness in ancient worship proceeded.
She was given the title Lady of wild things and she was often pictured as a virgin huntress, armed with bow and arrows. She was also known as a city goddess because of her popularity with the women in relation to childbirth. . Diana Artemis was a healer who tended the sick with medicinal herbs from her temple garden. As mistress of animals a synonym for Artemis was Potnia Theron.
At Ephesus there was a large cult of Artemis as a fertility goddess and the temple was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Word. In this temple there was an object, possibly a meteoric stone that was associated with Artemis in Acts 19:35. The Biblical text mentions the worship of Diana and the image which fell from Jupiter. In ancient times several things supposedly fell from Heaven including the image of Diana at Tauri, and sacred shields as reported by Numa.
Amazons, the warrior maids of Asia Minor, are said to have founded the cult of Ephesian Artemis. The girl who served there dressed in short skirts with one breast bare as was the Amazon huntress fashion.
The shrine of Diana of Ephesus became a major tourist attraction and economic asset to the city. With this information we can easily see why the silversmiths were angry with Paul preaching against making idols. The silversmiths made little models of the temple for tourists and pilgrims in Acts 19.
There was a symbolic representation of human sacrifice in the worship of Artemis occasionally when a man’s throat was scratched with a sword and a drop of blood was obtained for the ritual.
In early Christian times some of her traditions were carried over to the Virgin Mary. Artemis was also pictured with wings, standing between wild animals wearing boots, a pointed cap, and carrying a torch. The cult statues at the temple in Ephesus were carried in procession by a congregation up to 30,000 each year on May 25th.
She was given the title Lady of wild things and she was often pictured as a virgin huntress, armed with bow and arrows. She was also known as a city goddess because of her popularity with the women in relation to childbirth. . Diana Artemis was a healer who tended the sick with medicinal herbs from her temple garden. As mistress of animals a synonym for Artemis was Potnia Theron.
At Ephesus there was a large cult of Artemis as a fertility goddess and the temple was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Word. In this temple there was an object, possibly a meteoric stone that was associated with Artemis in Acts 19:35. The Biblical text mentions the worship of Diana and the image which fell from Jupiter. In ancient times several things supposedly fell from Heaven including the image of Diana at Tauri, and sacred shields as reported by Numa.
Amazons, the warrior maids of Asia Minor, are said to have founded the cult of Ephesian Artemis. The girl who served there dressed in short skirts with one breast bare as was the Amazon huntress fashion.
The shrine of Diana of Ephesus became a major tourist attraction and economic asset to the city. With this information we can easily see why the silversmiths were angry with Paul preaching against making idols. The silversmiths made little models of the temple for tourists and pilgrims in Acts 19.
There was a symbolic representation of human sacrifice in the worship of Artemis occasionally when a man’s throat was scratched with a sword and a drop of blood was obtained for the ritual.
In early Christian times some of her traditions were carried over to the Virgin Mary. Artemis was also pictured with wings, standing between wild animals wearing boots, a pointed cap, and carrying a torch. The cult statues at the temple in Ephesus were carried in procession by a congregation up to 30,000 each year on May 25th.
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